PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Choke Gracie (ranked 4859 p4p, 4881 weight class) and Winter Panda (ranked 490 p4p, 493 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Gracie
vs
Panda

179 cm
18
174
0 - 0 - 0

150 cm
18
174
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Good in bed

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Choke Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Winter Panda!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Panda closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Panda lands in his opponent's guard.
Panda postures up.
Panda cracks Gracie with a solid left hand.
Gracie punching from the bottom.
Gracie tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Panda makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Panda stopping the sweep attempt from Gracie.
Panda trying to control but Gracie is working from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gracie seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Panda in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Gracie sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Panda defending well though.
Gracie working Panda over with strikes.
Panda is trying to maintain the position but Gracie is very close to passing his half guard.
Panda is not content to let Gracie control the position.
Gracie passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Panda!
Panda working to try and regain half guard.
Panda tries to hold on but Gracie postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie looking to control but Panda is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Gracie avoids the attempt from Panda to control.
Panda is looking to improve his position but Gracie isn't that keen on the idea.
Gracie wants to control the pace but Panda is squirming around nicely.
Panda tries to lock up and control but Gracie gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Panda is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Panda is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Panda is desperately trying to improve his position but Gracie has a good base and remains in mount.
Panda is squirming around, avoiding Gracie's attempts to control the action.
Gracie wants to get back to his feet but Panda is holding on tight.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gracie misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Gracie can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Panda is looking to escape.
Panda wants to hold on but Gracie pushes him away.
Panda throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Panda tries to hold on but Gracie pushes him away.
Gracie looking to control but Panda is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie looking to control and managing it successfully.
Panda is looking to improve his position but Gracie isn't that keen on the idea.
Panda avoids a series of strikes thrown by Gracie.
Gracie trying to control but Panda is having none of it.
Panda really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Gracie. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Panda is working to get back to half guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Choke Gracie dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Gracie shoots in but no luck this time.

Panda drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Panda working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Gracie's head.

Gracie is looking to cinch up a triangle. Panda throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Gracie's body to avoid the submission. Gracie has instead reached around Panda's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Gracie arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Choke Gracie!